Cowichan Valley

VANCOUVER -- Mounties enforcing the B.C. Supreme Court injunction against anti-logging protesters in the Fairy Creek Watershed on Vancouver Island say they arrested 16 people on Saturday, after escorting them to a picnic in…

VICTORIA -- Stephen Bains is the sort of bus driver who strives to say “welcome” to all his passengers, which has earned kudos from more than a few. “‘Wow! You’re the only driver who turns his whole upper body to greet…

VANCOUVER -- Mounties on Vancouver Island say they've now arrested more than 400 people since they began enforcing an injunction against anti-logging protesters camped out in the Fairy Creek Watershed. Nine more people were…

VANCOUVER -- A sweltering heat wave in much of Western Canada in the last week of June had cascading effects on sea life, experts say. Scott Hinch, director of the Pacific salmon ecology and conservation laboratory at the…

VICTORIA -- A University of British Columbia researcher estimates that more than one billion marine animals may have died during B.C.'s recent heat wave. UBC marine ecologist Dr. Chris Harley and members of his lab think…